guErRilla candy is Travis Hay's one-stop destination for opinionated and informed musing about all things music, ranging from noteworthy news bits about the local scene to rants about how the national music media gets more things wrong than it does right.

Earlier this month I had a conversation with Blake "B Shorty" Lewis on the date his new album, Heartbreak On Vinyl, was released. We chatted about his connection with the local hiphop scene, the making of the album, his tour plans and a few other things. You can check out the first part of the interview here.
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My friend/colleague Andrew Matson of the Seattle Times’ Matson on Music reviewed Alice In Chains’ comeback record “Black Gives Way To Blue.” The headline “Is there any reason to listen to the new Alice in Chains album, “Black Gives Way to Blue”? might make you think he wrote a negative review but actually it’s not all too critical of AIC’s latest.
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